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Beeple's New Creation Turns Heads at Art Basel

Robot canines with tech mogul faces dispense NFT certificates

(Newser) - Robot dogs with the faces of tech giants are roaming Art Basel Miami Beach, thanks to digital artist Beeple's latest installation, "Regular Animals (2025)." Part of the new Zero 10 digital art section, the display features canines with hyper-realistic heads depicting figures like Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos,...

The 10 Most-Read Wikipedia Pages of 2025

Charlie Kirk's page had notched nearly 45M page views as of Tuesday

(Newser) - There were lots of headlines vying for attention over the last year, but the Wikipedia page for one person in particular has catapulted to the top of 2025's most-read article on the online encyclopedia. Per the Guardian , the page of murdered conservative activist Charlie Kirk had drawn nearly 45...

DOGE Has Disbanded Early, Administration Confirms
Musk's DOGE Is No More
Nov 24, 2025 6:29 PM CST

Musk's DOGE Is No More

Elon Musk's cost-cutting operation fell well short of its promised spending cuts

(Newser) - The Department of Government Efficiency has gone out of business. With eight months theoretically left in its run, Elon Musk's DOGE no longer has centralized leadership and officially has been disbanded, the Office of Personnel Management confirmed. It was set up by President Trump on his first day in...

France Has Beef With Musk's Grok Over Auschwitz Posts

French government adds AI chatbot's Holocaust-denial remarks to a cybercrime investigation into X

(Newser) - France's government is taking action against billionaire Elon Musk's artificial intelligence chatbot Grok after it generated French-language posts that questioned the use of gas chambers at Auschwitz, officials said. Grok, built by Musk's company xAI and integrated into his social media platform X, wrote in a widely...

Musk's Grok Ranks Him King of All Humans

AI chatbot claims X owner is smarter than da Vinci, perhaps stronger than Mike Tyson

(Newser) - Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok made headlines this week after it ranked Musk as the greatest human in world history—placing him ahead of even Leonardo da Vinci, reports the Washington Post . Users on X quickly flooded the platform to mock Grok's over-the-top praise for Musk's looks,...

Texas Releases Abbott-Musk Emails, but There's an Issue

Nearly 1,400 pages are now available, but almost all are redacted

(Newser) - Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's office has released almost 1,400 pages of emails with Elon Musk's companies—though the vast majority are blacked out, per a new report from ProPublica . The release comes after a public records request from the Texas Newsroom, which sought to shed light on...

Billie Eilish Slams Musk in Wake of Tesla Trillionaire Deal
Musk Responds
to Billie Eilish's Barbs
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Nov 18, 2025 11:39 AM CST

Musk Responds to Billie Eilish's Barbs

After singer called Musk 'pathetic,' Tesla CEO reacts with some jabs of his own

(Newser) - Elon Musk is clapping back at Billie Eilish after the pop singer called him a "pathetic" expletive, expletive "coward" following Tesla's approval of a pay package that one day could make Musk the world's first trillionaire. Per Rolling Stone , Musk took to his X platform to...

Citing Persecution, German Far-Right Influencer Seeks Asylum in US

Naomi Seibt cites death threats, surveillance in Germany as motivation

(Newser) - A far-right German activist with ties to the Trump movement is seeking asylum in the United States, claiming political persecution at home, the Washington Post reports. Naomi Seibt, a 25-year-old social media influencer linked to Germany's Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, says she faces surveillance, state media criticism, and...

Musk Will Have to Sell a Lot of Robots to Get That $1T Payday

He'll also have to boost Tesla's market cap by more than 500%

(Newser) - Elon Musk's path to a potential $1 trillion Tesla payday, approved by shareholders on Thursday, comes with a steep set of challenges. The pay package could eventually give Musk a 25% stake in Tesla, but only if he and the company clear a series of financial and operational hurdles....

Tesla Shareholders Approve $1T Pay Package for Musk
Tesla Approves Musk's $1T Pay
Nov 6, 2025 5:45 PM CST

Tesla Approves Musk's $1T Pay

CEO has to hit series of milestones, including selling 1M humanoid robots

(Newser) - Tesla shareholders have approved a compensation plan that could award CEO Elon Musk up to $1 trillion in stock, making it the largest pay package in corporate history. More than 75% voted in favor of the proposal at the company's annual meeting at its Austin headquarters, the Wall Street...

World's Largest Wealth Fund: It's a No on Musk's $1T Pay Deal

Norway's Norges Bank cites concerns over size, risk of unprecedented pay package for Tesla CEO

(Newser) - Norway's sovereign wealth fund, the world's largest, has announced it will vote against Tesla CEO Elon Musk's proposed $1 trillion pay package. The fund, which holds a $17 billion stake in Tesla, cited concerns about the award's scale, potential dilution, and what it calls "key...

A New Super-Rich 'Club' Has Only 6 Members

$200B is the old $100B

(Newser) - The $100 billion club of ultrarich elites is starting to look a little less elite. Business Insider suggests the new benchmark should be $200 billion. Currently, 18 people are in the $100 billion club, but only six in the $200 billion club, according to the latest Bloomberg Billionaires Index . The...

Musk's Right-Leaning Answer to Wikipedia Is Here

AI-powered encyclopedia Grokipedia launches with fewer articles, accusations of factual errors

(Newser) - Elon Musk has rolled out Grokipedia, an AI-driven online encyclopedia that aims to compete with Wikipedia by offering what Musk claims is a less biased perspective. The new site—which CNBC noted saw a "rocky" start on Monday, crashing for a few hours after launch—mimics Wikipedia's familiar...

Bezos Predicts 'Millions' Will Be Living in Space Soon

But robots will be doing most of the work, he reckons

(Newser) - Jeff Bezos is looking to the stars, and he thinks millions of us will soon follow. Speaking at an Italian Tech Week event in Turin earlier this month, the Amazon and Blue Origin founder predicted that within two decades, "millions of people" will be living in space. Bezos is...

Musk: I Need $1T Pay Package to Run 'Robot Army'

Tesla CEO suggests he may leave company if deal doesn't pass Nov. 6 vote

(Newser) - Elon Musk ended Tesla's earnings call Wednesday with a fiery outburst over his proposed $1 trillion pay package , blasting the advisers trying to block it and warning shareholders that his future at Tesla is on the line. Musk rejected the idea that his deal is simply "compensation,"...

Tesla Profits Tank Despite EV Sales Surge, Tax Credit Rush

Company saw record-breaking sales, but earnings fell 37% in Q3, while Musk faces pay battle

(Newser) - Tesla's latest earnings report reveals a complicated picture for the electric vehicle giant: record-breaking vehicle sales, but profits tumbling 37%. The company's third-quarter net income landed at $1.4 billion, down from $2.2 billion, despite a rush of buyers trying to secure expiring US tax credits for...

Musk Trolls Duffy as NASA Power Struggle Goes Public

Musk calls Duffy 'Sean Dummy' after he suggests SpaceX could lose moon contract

(Newser) - A very public feud has erupted between Elon Musk and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy over the future of NASA. Musk mocked Duffy, the acting NASA administrator, in a series of posts on X Tuesday, calling him "Sean Dummy," accusing him of wanting to "kill NASA," saying...

Cards Against Humanity, SpaceX Reach a Settlement

Card game had sued over alleged trespassing on Texas land it bought in 2017 to protest border wall

(Newser) - SpaceX has settled a lawsuit filed by the maker of the popular party game Cards Against Humanity over accusations that Elon Musk's rocket company trespassed and damaged a plot of land the card company owns in Texas. Texas court records show a settlement was reached in the case last...

NASA Threatens to Dump SpaceX From Moon Mission

Elon Musk doubtful as agency opens door to rivals amid race with China

(Newser) - NASA is rethinking its moon lander contract with SpaceX, raising the prospect that Elon Musk's company could lose its central role in the agency's Artemis III mission—the first crewed lunar landing since Apollo. Acting NASA chief Sean Duffy signaled during TV appearances on Monday that SpaceX...

Salesforce CEO Apologizes on National Guard

Marc Benioff retreats on troops, saying he's listened 'to my fellow San Franciscans'

(Newser) - Marc Benioff, the CEO of Salesforce, has issued a public apology after facing backlash for suggesting President Trump should deploy the National Guard to San Francisco. The tech billionaire posted Friday on X that he does not believe troops are needed to address safety in the city, saying that his...

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